José Wendell Capili

Jose Wendell Capili
Jose Wendell Capili
Born	Philippines
Education	University of Santo Tomas, University of the Philippines, University of Tokyo, University of Cambridge, Australian National University
Occupation(s)	Associate Professor of English, Creative Writing and Comparative Literature at the College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines, where he is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Poet, Author

José Wendell Capili is a poet and academic from the Philippines. He earned his degrees from the University of Santo Tomas, University of the Philippines, University of Tokyo and University of Cambridge. He is an Associate Professor at the College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines, where he is also the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

Capili is the author of A Madness of Birds (poetry, University of the Philippines Press, 1998); Bloom and Memory (essays, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2002); Mabuhay to Beauty! (popular culture, Milflores Publishing, 2003), and From the Editors: Migrant Communities and Emerging Australian Literature (anthology, Casula Powerhouse, 2007). His works have been published in Europe, North America, East/Southeast Asia and Australia, including Literary Review, The Poet’s Voice (University of Graz), Korea Times, Korea Herald, Philippines Free Press, Philippine Graphic, Manila Chronicle, The Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Likhaan Book of Poetry and Fiction, Ang Aklat Likhaan ng Tula at Maikling Kuwento, Diliman Review, Bulawan, Solidarity, Caracoa, Anagram, Mabuhay, Sands and Coral, Unitas, Tomas, Budhi, Philippine Studies, Love Gathers All: Philippine-Singapore Anthology of Love Poetry (Singapore: Ethos Books), Flippin': Filipinos on America (New York: Asian American Writers' Workshop and Philadelphia: Temple University Press), and Westerly.

Capili is working on a research project involving Southeast Asian Diaspora Writers in Australia at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. In 2005, he was a Visiting Scholar at the National University of Singapore, University of Sydney; Westerly Centre, University of Western Australia; University of Melbourne; and the University of Queensland.

Books

Poetry

A Madness of Birds, University of the Philippines Press, 1998

Essays

Bloom and Memory, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2002

Popular culture

(as editor) Mabuhay to Beauty!, Milflores Publishing, 2003

Anthology

(as editor) From the Editors: Migrant Communities and Emerging Australian Literature, Casula Powerhouse, 2007

Honors and awards

Sydney Writers' Festival
Visiting Scholar at the National University of Singapore, University of Sydney, University of Western Australia, University of Melbourne and University of Queensland
Australian National University Vice Chancellor's PhD Scholarship
Australian National University Graduate School Travel Award
U.P. Doctoral Studies Fellowship
University of Malaya Cultural Centre grant
University of Malaya Asia-Europe Institute grant
Standard Chartered Bank and University of Hong Kong grant, 1st Hong Kong International Literary Festival
British Council fellow, Downing College, Cambridge
British Council fellow, 5th Philippine-British Literary Conference, University of St. La Salle-Bacolod
Carlos P. Romulo Professorial Chair, U.P. Diliman
U.P. President's International Publication Award
U.P. System creative writing grant
U.P. Diliman Gawad Chancellor for Outstanding Literary Work
Waseda University research grant, Japan
Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature
Korea Foundation Research Fellowship, Seoul National University
Cambridge Overseas Trust Bursary, Clare Hall, Cambridge
Meguro UNESCO travel grant (Nagano, Japan)
National Olympic Memorial Youth Centre (Japan) travel grant
Japanese Ministry of Education (Monbusho) Research Scholarship, University of Tokyo
Cultural Center of the Philippines Award for Literature
Mowelfund Film Institute and Quezon City International Short Film Festival Essay Competition
The Humanist: A Magazine of Critical Inquiry and Social Concern (New York and Washington D.C.: American Humanist Association) North American Essay Contest
U.P. Outstanding Student Artist
Writing Fellow, 18th U.P. National Writers Workshop
Writing Fellow, 28th National Writers Workshop (Dumaguete)

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